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Delhi: Shechen Publications, [1998]. Tibetan loose-leaf book, 3" x 14¼", pp. 642, lacking the English preface and title page; facsimile Tibetan text printed in red and black; red book covers, edges stained red; fine. A collection of musical notations for the rituals performed at the Nyingma Monastery of Shechen Tennyi..... More
Washington, D.C. Department of the Army, 1971. 4to, pp. [2], x, 253, [1]; text in double column; 17 folding charts, tables, and maps of military, political, economic, and sociological nature, including 2 large ones in rear cover pocket; original pictorial yellow wrappers, side-stapled. Text block is bulky and the binding..... More
Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1959. First edition, 12mo, pp. [8], 275, [1]; a very good, sound, and clean copy in original printed yellow wrappers. "This collection of documents, speeches, news dispatches, editorials, commentaries and background materials concerning the Tibetan question is published to help readers abroad acquire a full understanding..... More
[Los Angeles: Thubten Dhargye Ling, 1984]. 11 x 8 in., pp. [3], 45; text illustrations; original red paper wrappers; touch of sunning to spine, shallow stain at lower edge, very good. A keepsake produced on occasion of the Dalai Lama's visit, the contents are mostly scripture and rituals in translation..... More
Kyoto: Oct. 17, Meiji 33, 1900. Approx. 9" x 10½", previous folds in quarters; very good. More
[Gonghe: Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 1992]. 8 x 5.5 in., pp. [8], 8, 376, [2]; text in Chinese and Tibetan; folding map, two pages of illustrations; paper wrappers; lower wrapper torn at top edge and repaired by tape, text clean and sound, very good. Columbia only in OCLC. More
Boston: American Meteorological Society, 1986. 8vo, pp. [4], 1036; printed from typescript; graphs, maps, tables, and other imagery throughout; previous owner's name scribbled out on front free endpaper, else a very good, sound, and clean copy in the dust jacket. This book contains the proceedings of the 'International Symposium on..... More
Beijing: Science Press. New York: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, Inc., 1981. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], xxv, [5], 974; [2], xiv, 975-2138; numerous maps, illustrations, tables, graphs, etc. throughout; some edge wear but overall a fine set in original green cloth stamped in silver on spine, preserving..... More
Kowloon, Hong Kong: [publisher not identified], 1960. 4to, pp. 2 p.l., 163 leaves printed from typescript; likely original maroon cloth gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; very good, sound, and clean. Despite the title, just a small part of the text is related to the actual border issue; most concerns..... More
Rome: ASIA Onlus, 2009. 8vo, pp. 110, [2]; 42 color illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. "This book is the outcome of a series of three seminars held in Italy during September 2008 and March 2009. The seminars, organized by ASIA Onlus in collaboration with the Centre of Buddhist Studies of..... More
New Delhi: Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre, [1997]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3], iii, 40; very good, sound, and clean in original maroon wrappers printed in yellow. Surprisingly, only 3 in OCLC, and only Columbia in the U.S. More
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1882. First edition in English, American issue (English sheets with an American title page); 8vo, pp. lxv, [1], 368; original brown cloth, printed paper label on spine; a very good, sound, and clean copy. More
Lanzhou: Gansu Nationalities Publishing House, 1991. Fourth printing, 7.25 x 5.25 in., pp. [2], 124, [2]; text in Tibetan; printed paper wrappers. More
Peking: Ethnicities Publishing House, 1991. Thick 8vo, pp. 2, 2, 4, 26, 1448, [1]; text in double column; full blue cloth gilt; lower hinge split, text toned but otherwise clean and sound, very good. More
Beijing: Central Academy of Ethnic Studies, 1987. 8 x 5.5 in., pp. [4], 321, [1]; text in Chinese; printed paper wrappers; fine. Chapters largely cover religion and history. University of Puget Sound, Waseda, and Columbia in OCLC. More
Beijing: Minzu University Tibetan Studies Institute, 1986. 8" x 5½", pp. [4], 332; text in Chinese; original printed orange wrappers; some rubbing to wrappers, else fine. Harvard and Capital Library of China in OCLC. More
Lhasa: Xi cang ren min chu ban she = Tibetan People's Press, 2006. Third edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 395, [1]; 19 color illustrations on rectos and versos of 3 plates, 7 folding maps (1 in color); fine copy in original gray-green laminate boards. Two copies in OCLC, both in China..... More
[Beijing]: Minority Nationalities Press, 1992. First edition, 8½" x 5¾", pp. 8, 16, 382, [2]; original full blue cloth stamped in gilt; a little musty but clean and sound; very good. More
Taipei: Zhongguo bian jiang li shi yu wen xue hui, 1960. 8 x 5.75 in., pp. [4], 2, 195, [2]; text in traditional Chinese; printed paper wrappers; owner's signature on upper wrapper, annotations on title page; wrappers toned, very good. Chapters focus on national boundaries and relations between Tibet and..... More
New York et al. Peter Lang, 1993. 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 269, [3]; printed paper-covered boards; fine. Monographs in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language, Vol. 2. More
[Schongau]: Garuda Books, [2019]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 89, [3]; text illustrations; printed gray boards; fine. "The Jebumgang temple, with its ornamental gilt roof, was a highly visible landmark on the northern skyline of the old city of Lhasa, yet it attracted little attention, and its story seems to have..... More
Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, 2008. First edition, 8vo, pp. 569, [1]; near fine copy in original printed gray wrappers. The document discusses various topics related to Tibetan Buddhist literature including canonical texts, philosophical works, tantric literature, biographical works, and more. Orna Almogi studied Tibetology (major) and..... More
Zurich: Tibetan Institute Rikon, 1974. 8vo, pp. [4], x, [4], 97, [4]; printed from typescript; alphabet sheet laid in, as issued; fine copy in original printed yellow wrappers. "Venerable Khenchen Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Amipa Rinpoche was born in 1931 in the city of Sakya (Tibet) to a family with a...... More
[Beijing]: Minority Nationalities Press, 1993. Second edition, 8¼" x 5¾", pp. [2], 19, [1], 961, [3]; text in double column; full black cloth; a little musty, small dent and stain on top edge, text clean and sound, very good. The Sanskrit in this case refers to Sanskrit loan words into..... More
[Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed Ltd, 1983]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 242; map endpapers. 34 color illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 6 plates; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Yakushi A215: "Account of the 1981 New Zealand expedition to Molamenqing (7703m), a satellite..... More
